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Bruce Williams

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · CA · Jan 6, 2016 → Jan 6, 2016

1deal (issuers)
$14Mreported sold
53investors
1Form D filing
2016year on file
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Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:36 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Bruce Williams is listed as a director on 1 SEC Form D filing by 1 issuer in Jan 2016: CALWEST BANCORP (Irvine, CA — commercial banking — 2016; $14M reported sold to 53 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Jan 2016. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside Arthur J. Cohen (1 shared filing), Fadi Cheikha (1 shared filing), Glenn Gray (1 shared filing), JAMES GRAHAM (1 shared filing), Mark Thompson (1 shared filing) and 5 others.

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around Bruce. Each name links to their own page.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 3 court cases matching the name, 12 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 15 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 1 public filing for Bruce Williams and found 3 differences: Same name, different state: "Bruce Williams" (SC) is a separate record; Same name, different state: "Bruce Williams" (TX) is a separate record; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for Bruce Williams has not run yet — it is joining a line of 23,539 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

3 cases: 1 dismissed, 2 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

James H Donell v. Bruce Williams dismissed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:05-cv-05788 · Filed Aug 9, 2005 · Closed Jan 17, 2006 · Nature of suit: 890 Other statutory actions
Role of Bruce Williams: Defendant · Outcome: Terminated 2006-01-17 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Voluntarily dismissed Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce Williams v. Jo Anne B Barnhart closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:02-cv-03199 · Filed Apr 18, 2002 · Closed Oct 24, 2002 · Nature of suit: 864 S.S.I.D.
Role of Bruce Williams: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2002-10-24 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Remanded to U.S. agency Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce Williams v. Kenneth S Apfel closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:00-cv-03920 · Filed Apr 13, 2000 · Closed Dec 5, 2000 · Nature of suit: 864 S.S.I.D.
Role of Bruce Williams: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2000-12-05 — FJC Integrated Database disposition: Remanded to U.S. agency Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:36 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched Bruce Williams..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

12 cases: 1 open, 11 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Bruce N. Williams and Susan R. Williams open
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 9:25-bk-10524 · Filed Apr 17, 2025
Role of Bruce N. Williams and Susan R. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Open — no termination date on the docket (bulk snapshot 2026-09-30) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce C. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 15-50747 · Filed Mar 5, 2015 · Closed Apr 21, 2015
Role of Bruce C. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-04-21 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce Williams and Susan Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 1:13-bk-11193 · Filed Feb 21, 2013 · Closed Dec 19, 2013
Role of Bruce Williams and Susan Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2013-12-19 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce D. Williams and Wendy Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 11-59580 · Filed Oct 14, 2011 · Closed Mar 18, 2015
Role of Bruce D. Williams and Wendy Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-03-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce C. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 11-57848 · Filed Aug 22, 2011 · Closed May 18, 2015
Role of Bruce C. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2015-05-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce D. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 11-51319 · Filed Feb 12, 2011 · Closed May 18, 2011
Role of Bruce D. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-05-18 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce E Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 6:11-bk-10751 · Filed Jan 10, 2011 · Closed Jun 3, 2011
Role of Bruce E Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2011-06-03 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 1:07-bk-14307 · Filed Nov 6, 2007 · Closed Aug 1, 2008
Role of Bruce Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2008-08-01 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce A. Williams and Vicky J. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. California · No. 06-24536 · Filed Nov 1, 2006 · Closed Jun 29, 2010
Role of Bruce A. Williams and Vicky J. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2010-06-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce L. Williams and Yvette J. Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. California · No. 02-40735 · Filed Feb 8, 2002 · Closed May 17, 2002
Role of Bruce L. Williams and Yvette J. Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-05-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. California · No. 94-07852 · Filed Jul 21, 1994 · Closed Mar 20, 2000
Role of Bruce Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2000-03-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
Bruce W Williams closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, C.D. California · No. 1:85-bk-54858 · Filed Oct 2, 1985 · Closed Feb 7, 1986
Role of Bruce W Williams: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1986-02-07 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 446 federal dockets); 4 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (CA)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:36 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

3 differences found between the filings for Bruce Williams (compared 1 filing on Oct 24, 2026)

Note · Jan 4, 2023 – Jun 28, 2023

Same name, different state: "Bruce Williams" (SC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Bruce Williams" with address state SC, is listed on 2 filings — most recently by Afaxys, Inc. (Jun 28, 2023). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jan 6, 2016; the other runs Jan 4, 2023 to Jun 28, 2023.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Bruce Williams (SC) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jun 28, 2023 ↗Afaxys, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce Williams (CA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Dec 20, 2010 – Jul 29, 2021

Same name, different state: "Bruce Williams" (TX) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Bruce Williams" with address state TX, is listed on 22 filings — most recently by ParkHub, Inc. (Jul 29, 2021). Both records have filings in the same period (Jan 6, 2016).

What this means Two records with one name were active at the same time. That can be one person listing different company addresses, or two different people. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Bruce Williams (TX) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Jul 29, 2021 ↗ParkHub, Inc. — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce Williams (CA) — this page ↗
Sources
Note · Jun 21, 2013 – Apr 14, 2014

Same name, different state: "Bruce Williams" (A0) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is CA. A separate record, "Bruce Williams" with address state A0, is listed on 3 filings — most recently by Lumiant Corp (Apr 14, 2014). The two records do not overlap in time: this page has one filing dated Jan 6, 2016; the other runs Jun 21, 2013 to Apr 14, 2014.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Bruce Williams (A0) — PartnerFacts page ↗Form D · Apr 14, 2014 ↗Lumiant Corp — PartnerFacts page ↗Bruce Williams (CA) — this page ↗
Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

1 of 1 offering reports sales commissions totalling $732,857; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons.

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Jan 6, 2016 D
CALWEST BANCORP
File 021-254619
$732,857$0$0FIG Partners, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 41554 ↗EDGAR ↗
How this is counted

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named Bruce Williams on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

CB
Commercial Banking

CALWEST BANCORP

Irvine, CA · Jan 6, 2016
  • Jan 6, 2016 · D · $14,000,000 sold of $14,000,000 · 53 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Director EDGAR ↗

Raised $14M from 53 investors (100% of the $14M target) as of the latest filing. Bruce is listed as director.

Latest filing on EDGAR ↗
Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Commercial Banking / 506(b) (624 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Other pages with the same name (3)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • Bruce Williams — TX, 20 issuers, Dec 20, 2010 → Jul 29, 2021 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Williams — Alberta, Canada (as filed: A0), 1 issuer, Jun 21, 2013 → Apr 14, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • Bruce Williams — SC, 1 issuer, Jan 4, 2023 → Jun 28, 2023 · no shared issuer

People around Bruce 10

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

MT
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Person

Mark Thompson

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Mark Thompson is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

NS
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Person

Najam M. Saiduddin

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

GG
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Person

Glenn Gray

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

AC
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Person

Arthur J. Cohen

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

MW
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Person

Mark Weld

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

WM
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Person

William Meyers

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

FC
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Person

Fadi Cheikha

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

WS
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Person

Walter E. Storch

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

PM
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Person

Peter Mainstain

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Bruce Williams. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
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Person

JAMES GRAHAM

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 9 other issuers

JAMES GRAHAM is on 10 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to Bruce Williams by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Bruce Williams is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in CALWEST BANCORP's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #293,072 of 374,652 in line (1,189 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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Courts

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Securities regulators

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Business registries

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